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A new major release, Forgejo v1.20, was published. It has some interesting new features and was 100% built with Forgejo Actions. Codeberg was upgraded a few days ago and discovered an unexpected issue. It was fortunately resolved within hours and a fix will be integrated in the next point release. Meanwhile development continued on the code, the website, the documentaion etc. All signs of a healthy project that needs your help to keep going in the long run.

Forgejo v1.20 is around the corner. Release candidates were published and most of the activity went into testing it, updating the documentation and rebuilding the release process. Forgejo Actions is now used for all Forgejo development and releases in a spirit of dogfooding. A hardware failure and a Denial of Service (DoS) attack disrupted the work during a week but did not break anything.

NLnet awarded a grant to Forgejo to develop its release process and additional features, starting June 2023. User blocking was implemented to protect repositories you own from unwanted interactions, an essential self-service moderation tool. An extended installation section was added to the documentation as well as a user and admin documentation for Forgejo Actions.

The world of Free Software includes copylefted software and Git is one of the most widely known example. Distributing Forgejo under a permissive license means that all copyleft authors and software are excluded from participating in its development. The community made a decision to change that status quo and welcome copyleft contributions, just like Git.

Codeberg upgraded to Forgejo v1.19 and, as can be expected from the largest instance in existence, hit a performance issue which was dealt with quickly. The security of Forgejo actions and the release process was a focus with solutions being found that involve LXC and a VPN. Federation is taking a step forward with the F3 driver entering the Forgejo development branch.